Kim Aris, the youngest son of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has spoken to his mother for the first time in five years, in a development that has provided
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday that some 7.6 million children are out of school in Ethiopia as the country encounters natural and manmade calamities. The agency, in its
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The figures published by the latest Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2023 are cause for great concern. The document is clear: hunger continues to significantly affect Latin America and the
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“So shall you hear Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause…” Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark ~
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On October 16, the UN Security Council (UNSC) failed to adopt a resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israeli war in Gaza. The U.S. and its allies in the UNSC
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by Saurav Sarkar Israeli flags are flying over all government buildings in the United Kingdom currently, but this isn’t the first time the former imperial hegemon has put its weight behind Zionism. In 1917,
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for an end to the vicious circle of violence between Palestinians and Israelis. “This most recent violence does not come in a vacuum. The reality
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This story has been updated. by Our Correspondent in Geneva In a startling turn of events, two Members of Parliament from the Samagi Jana Balawegaya have landed in Geneva, embarking on a
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Recently, in Taiwan, the government unveiled its first home-built submarine. In Japan, the government will upgrade civilian airports and seaports to dual military use in preparation for conflict in Taiwan. The U.S. and allies maneuver
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for the elimination of nuclear weapons. “On this International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, we remind ourselves of a fundamental truth: the
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by Saurav Sarkar “Democracy Now!” reported that Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of Indigenous claims to land occupied before 1988. The case had been brought by “agribusiness-backed lawmakers,” the outlet said, and
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by Our Correspondent in Geneva In the hallowed halls of Geneva, Channel 4’s documentary makers faced unsettling questions about their allegations, met with a wall of silence. Their recent documentary, which delved
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On September 15, 13,000 of the approximately 146,000 UAW members who work at the Big Three auto companies walked off the job in three assembly plants in Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri. This
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As scientists continue to research the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, one fact has become clear: Deforestation is linked to emerging diseases. When humans destroy forests to create land for human use,
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An independent panel of human rights experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council issued a statement on January 10, 2022. They declared that two decades of arbitrary detention without trial, accompanied
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by Saurav Sarkar Renowned Filipina journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa was cleared in mid-September 2023 of the last of the tax evasion charges levied against her by the Filipino
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